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The document name or path is not valid
I have been putting together a large presentation (last version was 2,658
kB). I saved it to a memory stick and took it home to work on. I added to it but did not copy the additional changes over the original. When I got to work today I tried to open the 2,658 kB file and it came back with "The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. *check the file permissions for the document or drive. *Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document." and it proceeds to give me the path where it is located. I have tried getting others to open the file, checked to see if the file would open on my notebook that I used to work on it last night and even rebooted my computer and nothing has worked. What has happened? |
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Hi freely001
You are probably suffering from the problems associated with saving a Word document to any removable media. When Word opens a document, it also creates a whole lot of temporary files in the same folder as the document. It uses these files when you're working on the document. When you save the document, it creates a few more. With such a large file, the space required for those documents would be large. Two things might have happened: 1. Word might have run out of space. or 2. If you don't properly shut down a memory stick using the control on the Windows taskbar, then Windows does not close all the files. So the lessons a 1. When you want to take a document home to work on it, save it to your hard disk, then use Windows Explorer to copy it to the memory stick. At home, use Windows Explorer to copy it from the memory stick to the hard drive of your computer, and work on it there. Never use Word to open a document from a memory stick, and don't use Word to save it to the memory stick. 2. Before you pull a memory stick out of its USB slot, make sure you shut down the device. There will be a little green icon near the clock. Right-click it to shut down the memory stick. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "freely001" wrote in message ... I have been putting together a large presentation (last version was 2,658 kB). I saved it to a memory stick and took it home to work on. I added to it but did not copy the additional changes over the original. When I got to work today I tried to open the 2,658 kB file and it came back with "The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. *check the file permissions for the document or drive. *Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document." and it proceeds to give me the path where it is located. I have tried getting others to open the file, checked to see if the file would open on my notebook that I used to work on it last night and even rebooted my computer and nothing has worked. What has happened? |
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Hi Shauna Kelly,
i also have this problem, but we get it with using Windows Terminal Service to doing Mail Merge, even all the path and permission is check on the server all are done. so we test on our own pc is ok, after mail merge the file size is 50KB only. i have ask my friend to recopy it according to ur artical. hope is helpful to us. From Lai Ming Hoe "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi freely001 You are probably suffering from the problems associated with saving a Word document to any removable media. When Word opens a document, it also creates a whole lot of temporary files in the same folder as the document. It uses these files when you're working on the document. When you save the document, it creates a few more. With such a large file, the space required for those documents would be large. Two things might have happened: 1. Word might have run out of space. or 2. If you don't properly shut down a memory stick using the control on the Windows taskbar, then Windows does not close all the files. So the lessons a 1. When you want to take a document home to work on it, save it to your hard disk, then use Windows Explorer to copy it to the memory stick. At home, use Windows Explorer to copy it from the memory stick to the hard drive of your computer, and work on it there. Never use Word to open a document from a memory stick, and don't use Word to save it to the memory stick. 2. Before you pull a memory stick out of its USB slot, make sure you shut down the device. There will be a little green icon near the clock. Right-click it to shut down the memory stick. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "freely001" wrote in message ... I have been putting together a large presentation (last version was 2,658 kB). I saved it to a memory stick and took it home to work on. I added to it but did not copy the additional changes over the original. When I got to work today I tried to open the 2,658 kB file and it came back with "The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. *check the file permissions for the document or drive. *Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document." and it proceeds to give me the path where it is located. I have tried getting others to open the file, checked to see if the file would open on my notebook that I used to work on it last night and even rebooted my computer and nothing has worked. What has happened? |
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Hi there.
I have exactly the same problem with opening a Word document "The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. *check the file permissions for the document or drive. *Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document." and it proceeds to give me the path where it is located" It is a small document, only 35kb. But it has happened to 4 or 5 small documents. I always close down the pen drive so i don't know why this happens!! Shauna gave advice in how to prevent it happening again, but is there any way of retrieving the documents? You didn't mention if there was. Also, how do you use Windows explorer to copy it to your memory stick. Do you mean, save it on your hard drive, then drag it onto your hard drive window and then close down properly? Thanks for your help in advance, DJ "Lai Ming Hoe" wrote: Hi Shauna Kelly, i also have this problem, but we get it with using Windows Terminal Service to doing Mail Merge, even all the path and permission is check on the server all are done. so we test on our own pc is ok, after mail merge the file size is 50KB only. i have ask my friend to recopy it according to ur artical. hope is helpful to us. From Lai Ming Hoe "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi freely001 You are probably suffering from the problems associated with saving a Word document to any removable media. When Word opens a document, it also creates a whole lot of temporary files in the same folder as the document. It uses these files when you're working on the document. When you save the document, it creates a few more. With such a large file, the space required for those documents would be large. Two things might have happened: 1. Word might have run out of space. or 2. If you don't properly shut down a memory stick using the control on the Windows taskbar, then Windows does not close all the files. So the lessons a 1. When you want to take a document home to work on it, save it to your hard disk, then use Windows Explorer to copy it to the memory stick. At home, use Windows Explorer to copy it from the memory stick to the hard drive of your computer, and work on it there. Never use Word to open a document from a memory stick, and don't use Word to save it to the memory stick. 2. Before you pull a memory stick out of its USB slot, make sure you shut down the device. There will be a little green icon near the clock. Right-click it to shut down the memory stick. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "freely001" wrote in message ... I have been putting together a large presentation (last version was 2,658 kB). I saved it to a memory stick and took it home to work on. I added to it but did not copy the additional changes over the original. When I got to work today I tried to open the 2,658 kB file and it came back with "The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. *check the file permissions for the document or drive. *Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document." and it proceeds to give me the path where it is located. I have tried getting others to open the file, checked to see if the file would open on my notebook that I used to work on it last night and even rebooted my computer and nothing has worked. What has happened? |
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If you want to be able to use your documents, when working within Word, act
as if your removable media drives do not exist! (This applies to floppy drives, CDRW/CDR, flash drives, memory sticks or DVDR drives as well as any other kind of removable media drives.) Don't use Word to: Open a document on removable media Print a document on a removable media Edit a document on a removable media Save a document to a removable media (not even a copy) Word regularly trashes documents on removable media drives! Instead, work on the document using your hard drive. Copy it back and forth using Windows. This means open windows for different drives / folders and copy back and forth by ctrl-drag or copy and paste. Your existing documents may be irretrievable. They are probably corrupt. See http://addbalance.com/usersguide/doc...corruption.htm for some ideas. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "DJSMITH" wrote in message ... Hi there. I have exactly the same problem with opening a Word document "The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. *check the file permissions for the document or drive. *Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document." and it proceeds to give me the path where it is located" It is a small document, only 35kb. But it has happened to 4 or 5 small documents. I always close down the pen drive so i don't know why this happens!! Shauna gave advice in how to prevent it happening again, but is there any way of retrieving the documents? You didn't mention if there was. Also, how do you use Windows explorer to copy it to your memory stick. Do you mean, save it on your hard drive, then drag it onto your hard drive window and then close down properly? Thanks for your help in advance, DJ "Lai Ming Hoe" wrote: Hi Shauna Kelly, i also have this problem, but we get it with using Windows Terminal Service to doing Mail Merge, even all the path and permission is check on the server all are done. so we test on our own pc is ok, after mail merge the file size is 50KB only. i have ask my friend to recopy it according to ur artical. hope is helpful to us. From Lai Ming Hoe "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi freely001 You are probably suffering from the problems associated with saving a Word document to any removable media. When Word opens a document, it also creates a whole lot of temporary files in the same folder as the document. It uses these files when you're working on the document. When you save the document, it creates a few more. With such a large file, the space required for those documents would be large. Two things might have happened: 1. Word might have run out of space. or 2. If you don't properly shut down a memory stick using the control on the Windows taskbar, then Windows does not close all the files. So the lessons a 1. When you want to take a document home to work on it, save it to your hard disk, then use Windows Explorer to copy it to the memory stick. At home, use Windows Explorer to copy it from the memory stick to the hard drive of your computer, and work on it there. Never use Word to open a document from a memory stick, and don't use Word to save it to the memory stick. 2. Before you pull a memory stick out of its USB slot, make sure you shut down the device. There will be a little green icon near the clock. Right-click it to shut down the memory stick. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "freely001" wrote in message ... I have been putting together a large presentation (last version was 2,658 kB). I saved it to a memory stick and took it home to work on. I added to it but did not copy the additional changes over the original. When I got to work today I tried to open the 2,658 kB file and it came back with "The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. *check the file permissions for the document or drive. *Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document." and it proceeds to give me the path where it is located. I have tried getting others to open the file, checked to see if the file would open on my notebook that I used to work on it last night and even rebooted my computer and nothing has worked. What has happened? |
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The document name or path is not valid
Looks like this has been a while, but I ran accross it looking for the
solution myself. Someone else recommended to re-register Word by clicking on Start/Run and type "winword /r". I did this and it fixed my problem. "freely001" wrote: I have been putting together a large presentation (last version was 2,658 kB). I saved it to a memory stick and took it home to work on. I added to it but did not copy the additional changes over the original. When I got to work today I tried to open the 2,658 kB file and it came back with "The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. *check the file permissions for the document or drive. *Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document." and it proceeds to give me the path where it is located. I have tried getting others to open the file, checked to see if the file would open on my notebook that I used to work on it last night and even rebooted my computer and nothing has worked. What has happened? |
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The document name or path is not valid
Rick Voland wrote: Looks like this has been a while, but I ran accross it looking for the solution myself. Someone else recommended to re-register Word by clicking on Start/Run and type "winword /r". I did this and it fixed my problem. "freely001" wrote: winword does not show as a valid command. When I find the winword.exe file, the "winword/r" is not valid. |
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The document name or path is not valid
Make sure you put a space after "winword" and before "/r".
" wrote: Rick Voland wrote: Looks like this has been a while, but I ran accross it looking for the solution myself. Someone else recommended to re-register Word by clicking on Start/Run and type "winword /r". I did this and it fixed my problem. "freely001" wrote: winword does not show as a valid command. When I find the winword.exe file, the "winword/r" is not valid. |
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I also encountered this problem recently. It seemed to occur in a network
environment when one particular person saved the document, but did not occur when others saved the same document. We have not been using removable memory media, as far as I know. Any other possible causes for the "...document name or path is not valid" message? "Rick Voland" wrote: Make sure you put a space after "winword" and before "/r". " wrote: Rick Voland wrote: Looks like this has been a while, but I ran accross it looking for the solution myself. Someone else recommended to re-register Word by clicking on Start/Run and type "winword /r". I did this and it fixed my problem. "freely001" wrote: winword does not show as a valid command. When I find the winword.exe file, the "winword/r" is not valid. |
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Hi Shauna,
Ur response refers to documents saved on a removable media. In my case - it was the hard disk (these dont get disconnected, do they?) Request if u can go thru the content below and opine your views. I am pretty put off with the way word has acted up y'day - and recreating the whole thought process and consequent document is a pain ... Can this be simulated by you. As corrective action - will reducing the auto save frequency help? Is this document recoverable? Are there tools available on the net for word document recovery/rebuild? Thx & Rgds, Kiran Bajaj Case I have just been working on a doc since noon Copy of RefDoc€“ Operating Model and Governance Framework for Development Factory.doc. The doc is 383 KB in size. At 19:00hrs i got a freak passing message - something like too many edits .... The application closed and now i get this message The document name or path is not valid Try one or more of the following: * Check the path to make sure it was typed correctly * On the file menu, click on open. Search for the file using this dialog box I click ok and nothing happens .. boom.. I have racking my brains out - since morning on this one - and had reached 90% completion levels on the doc. Can some one help me on how to recover this file. MS Word experts come to my rescue Rgds, KB. End Case "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi freely001 You are probably suffering from the problems associated with saving a Word document to any removable media. When Word opens a document, it also creates a whole lot of temporary files in the same folder as the document. It uses these files when you're working on the document. When you save the document, it creates a few more. With such a large file, the space required for those documents would be large. Two things might have happened: 1. Word might have run out of space. or 2. If you don't properly shut down a memory stick using the control on the Windows taskbar, then Windows does not close all the files. So the lessons a 1. When you want to take a document home to work on it, save it to your hard disk, then use Windows Explorer to copy it to the memory stick. At home, use Windows Explorer to copy it from the memory stick to the hard drive of your computer, and work on it there. Never use Word to open a document from a memory stick, and don't use Word to save it to the memory stick. 2. Before you pull a memory stick out of its USB slot, make sure you shut down the device. There will be a little green icon near the clock. Right-click it to shut down the memory stick. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "freely001" wrote in message ... I have been putting together a large presentation (last version was 2,658 kB). I saved it to a memory stick and took it home to work on. I added to it but did not copy the additional changes over the original. When I got to work today I tried to open the 2,658 kB file and it came back with "The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. *check the file permissions for the document or drive. *Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document." and it proceeds to give me the path where it is located. I have tried getting others to open the file, checked to see if the file would open on my notebook that I used to work on it last night and even rebooted my computer and nothing has worked. What has happened? |
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I just had this problem in Vista with Word 2002 (with SP3 = and I seem to be
uptodate with the automatic updates). The file was saved to the hard disk and it will not open! The first time this happened I had saved it once then I walked away from the computer after making more edits and the computer did an autorestart due to an update. The second time it happened, I walked away came back, tried to attach it to an email, then tried to open the attachment before sending the file and it gave me the error. This is very frustrating. "KB" wrote: Hi Shauna, Ur response refers to documents saved on a removable media. In my case - it was the hard disk (these dont get disconnected, do they?) Request if u can go thru the content below and opine your views. I am pretty put off with the way word has acted up y'day - and recreating the whole thought process and consequent document is a pain ... Can this be simulated by you. As corrective action - will reducing the auto save frequency help? Is this document recoverable? Are there tools available on the net for word document recovery/rebuild? Thx & Rgds, Kiran Bajaj Case I have just been working on a doc since noon Copy of RefDoc€“ Operating Model and Governance Framework for Development Factory.doc. The doc is 383 KB in size. At 19:00hrs i got a freak passing message - something like too many edits .... The application closed and now i get this message The document name or path is not valid Try one or more of the following: * Check the path to make sure it was typed correctly * On the file menu, click on open. Search for the file using this dialog box I click ok and nothing happens .. boom.. I have racking my brains out - since morning on this one - and had reached 90% completion levels on the doc. Can some one help me on how to recover this file. MS Word experts come to my rescue Rgds, KB. End Case "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi freely001 You are probably suffering from the problems associated with saving a Word document to any removable media. When Word opens a document, it also creates a whole lot of temporary files in the same folder as the document. It uses these files when you're working on the document. When you save the document, it creates a few more. With such a large file, the space required for those documents would be large. Two things might have happened: 1. Word might have run out of space. or 2. If you don't properly shut down a memory stick using the control on the Windows taskbar, then Windows does not close all the files. So the lessons a 1. When you want to take a document home to work on it, save it to your hard disk, then use Windows Explorer to copy it to the memory stick. At home, use Windows Explorer to copy it from the memory stick to the hard drive of your computer, and work on it there. Never use Word to open a document from a memory stick, and don't use Word to save it to the memory stick. 2. Before you pull a memory stick out of its USB slot, make sure you shut down the device. There will be a little green icon near the clock. Right-click it to shut down the memory stick. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "freely001" wrote in message ... I have been putting together a large presentation (last version was 2,658 kB). I saved it to a memory stick and took it home to work on. I added to it but did not copy the additional changes over the original. When I got to work today I tried to open the 2,658 kB file and it came back with "The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. *check the file permissions for the document or drive. *Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document." and it proceeds to give me the path where it is located. I have tried getting others to open the file, checked to see if the file would open on my notebook that I used to work on it last night and even rebooted my computer and nothing has worked. What has happened? |
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After 2 days looking for the answer this did the trick, Word couldn't resolve
de spaces and other characters while I tried to open a document. Thnx! "Rick Voland" wrote: Looks like this has been a while, but I ran accross it looking for the solution myself. Someone else recommended to re-register Word by clicking on Start/Run and type "winword /r". I did this and it fixed my problem. "freely001" wrote: I have been putting together a large presentation (last version was 2,658 kB). I saved it to a memory stick and took it home to work on. I added to it but did not copy the additional changes over the original. When I got to work today I tried to open the 2,658 kB file and it came back with "The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. *check the file permissions for the document or drive. *Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document." and it proceeds to give me the path where it is located. I have tried getting others to open the file, checked to see if the file would open on my notebook that I used to work on it last night and even rebooted my computer and nothing has worked. What has happened? |
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